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When you get to the registration step, just continue without registering.
You will get the standard nag screen, but you should be able to complete
the install. It is the process we use when doing a 'Proof Of Concept' and
we don't want to use one of our licenses.

GenePoole59 via linuxadmin-l wrote:
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> When you get to the registration step, just continue without registering.
> You will get the standard nag screen, but you should be able to complete
> the install. It is the process we use when doing a 'Proof Of Concept' and
> we don't want to use one of our licenses.

There are many distros which will provide support. I'm trying to get as close to the source as possible.
I have a debian install on virtual box. I would like to do a RHEL also. Where would I find a file to download?

I believe it's a question of whom YOU want to support. Red Hat, who advances the Linux community in general, at $349 per year, or CentOS, which is basically a Red Hat rip-off, for free. Use your own sense of ethics and priorities.

@Garth
I agree with you about Suse and Ubuntu. Their products are support. But that's the open source OS model. Many companies will not touch an OS without enterprise levels of support. RedHat, Novell-SuSe, and Canonical are aware of this basic business need and have built their companies on the support side. This is a good thing and it doesn't mean they are inferior. Also, for each of these 'for profit' distros you will find a community edition as well.
Of course, the Debian Project is not backed by any company and has no market agenda. Since you have tried Debain out already, let me suggest Linux Mint Debian. This is a great project for desktop Debian installs http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php

@ William
it's a delicate balance
between many factors.
I don't care much for the mint community
suse has a new not so benevolent overlord, future uncertain
comical has a battle of wills with gnome, resulting in Unity
I'm not sure about CentOs as yet, but I imagine they add value upstream
I like http://www.mageia.org/en/
on the redhat side of the street
but being very new it is hard to say.

I am no "goody two shoes" but I strongly suggest that openly advertising for access to illegally acquired software is not what this forum is about. Three are way too many distro's for legally available xNIX software though open channels to jeopardize this forum.

As previously mention, Redhat is a subscription based commercial software business. They produce several open source versions of both their client and server software OS. They may not give immediate response to those channels, but they do support Fedora, centrOS, secure OS's and others - indirectly as a development channel for their official releases.

If you want to continue with this quest - I suggest you may want to direct your inquiries to sites which are more flexible in their code of conduct. No harm, no foul? just a suggestion.

@Zenner
I'm not sure if you followed this conversation but I certainly don't read this thread as someone trying to illegally acquire software. After learning that CentOS is a free version of RHEL the OP gained some knowledge about his options and is still looking at the $50 version of the RHEL desktop. I see no earnest attempt to gain access to the commercial RH products. I only see an honest inquiry by someone needing to understand the options available.

I installed centos & scientific linux on Virtual box
as Zenner points out this is not the kind place to look for a hack
the moderators understood the intent of the question
RedHat is open source, they benefit from all the work of downstream distros

Please, check the "sent" date of the message you are quoting. For whatever reason, the clarification of the OP was posted way after my concerns were voiced.

I was being cautious to refrain from accusing the OP of theft or attempted theft, mostly reminding him of the impression it may give.

However, given that RedHat is subscription base asking, in an open forum for Ways to Install RedHat without a Subscription does tend to set a certain tone. In many of the Exam / certification forums, requests asking for ways to open subscription exam services, without payment or down load brain dumps are similarly frowned upon.

All too often, with the Open source nature of Linux, as is commonly assume by so many - the lines are frequently blurred about what is legal, ethical vs. what is acceptable in development or production environments. I am not a fan of DRM, but it is the law and for your employers sake, it needs to be utmost when posting in an open forum. (~ my opinion)

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